•Hepatitis A virus The Kano State government has declared Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) a major but preventable public health burden, with over 1.2 million residents currently living with the life-threatening disease. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, made this disclosure during a press conference to mark the 2025 World Hepatitis ...
•Building collapse The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the death of four persons and seven injured in a building collapse at Abedi Sabon Gari, Fagge Local Government Area of Kano. Dr. Nuraddeen Abdullahi, NEMA Coordinator, Kano State Territorial Office, confirmed the incident to our correspondent today in Kano. He sai...
•Tinubu, Peter Obi and Atiku As politics thickens ahead of the 2027 general elections, the ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition coalition under the aegis of the African Democratic Congress seeking to unseat President Bola Tinubu are scrambling for the 5.7 million votes in the northern state of Kano. Central to Kano is the [&hell...
•The two Kano Emirs – Sanusi and Bayero The Nigeria Police Force, Kano State Command said it has set up a panel to investigate the circumstances that led to the armed clash between supporters of the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero and the 16th Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II, in Kano on Sunday. The […]
The absence of Kano State All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders during Vice President Kashim Shettima’s condolence visit to the family of the late elder statesman, Alhaji Aminu Dantata, has sparked debate in the polity. While Kano State Government officials who are of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) were on ground to receive the Vice [...
•When Kano govt sent almajiris home A new study has revealed that a significant number of children, particularly from rural and marginalised communities in Kano State, are being denied their right to education, thereby increasing the number of the out-of-school children in the state. Figures from the United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF) show...
•Late CSP Mohammed Ali Baba The Eggon Cultural and Development Association has decried the gruesome killing of one of its kinsmen, the Divisional Police Officer of Rano Local Government Area of Kano State, CSP Baba Ali Mohammed, by a mob. Mohammed, an indigene of Nasarawa State, was said to have been recently attacked by youths […]
•Late CSP Ali The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has called on the Inspector General of Police and the Kano State Government to identify and bring to justice those responsible for the brutal killing of CSP Muhammad Ali, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Rano in Kano State. The lawmakers condemned in strong terms the […]
•Policemen at a riot scene Tension gripped Rano Local Government Area of Kano State following a violent incident that led to the death of a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and one other individual. According to a press release issued by the Kano State Police Command yesterday, the crisis began on Sunday evening when a motorcycle […]
An Upper Shari’a Court in Kano has sentenced Shafi’u Abubakar, a 38-year-old man, to death by hanging for setting a mosque on fire, killing 23 people. The court also ordered that Abubakar receive 150 strokes of cane for the same offense, reports Nigerian Tribune. The incident occurred on May 15, 2024, at Gadan Larabar Abasawa […]
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